Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum testified testified on Tuesday July 24, 2007 that he didn't know there were women or young children in the house he and his fellow marines raided following following an insurgent attack in the town of Haditha.
The North County Times reported:
CAMP PENDLETON ---- With his voice breaking as he spoke, a Marine accused of gunning down civilians in an assault on a Haditha home said Tuesday he didn't know he was shooting at women and young children.Prairie Pundit has more on the latest testimony in the case.
"I didn't know there was women and children in that house until later," Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum said in a hushed courtroom. "Otherwise, I would have physically stopped everybody in that room from shooting."
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Seven Marines are charged with crimes related to an incident that occurred in the insurgent-controlled city of Haditha.
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Previously:
Now, Murtha Blames Marines for Mass Slaughter of Innocent Iraqis!
Democrats Make Leap From Anti-War to Anti-Military
John Murtha Says "Cold Blooded Murder" Tops Naked Pyramid
A Soldier's Thoughts on Haditha
In Iraq, It's Only a "Massacre" When It Involves Marines
John Murtha... Here is Your Cold Blooded Killer!
Woops!! It Wasn't a Cold Blooded Marine Massacre Afterall!
The Speech George Bush Ought to Give on Haditha
Is Haditha a Hoax?
Were Kalishnikovs Used to Kill the People of Haditha?
More on the Bogus Haditha Human Rights Group
Obama Backs Murtha's "Cold Blooded Murder" Remarks (Video)
Marines Will Sue John Murtha for Defamation of Character
Murtha Is Caught Lying About His "Cold Blooded" Source
John Murtha Is Caught in a "Cold Blooded" Haditha Lie
Murtha Owes All Marines an Apology for His Slander!
Haditha Prosecutors Admit Their Case Is Weak
Haditha Bombshell!
The Collapsing Haditha Case
Haditha Case Continues to Crumble
Murtha About To Get Pummeled By the Haditha Truth
Investigator Recommends Dropping Charges on Haditha Marine
It appears that LtCol Ware may be skeptical about charges in this case, as he was in LCpl Sharratt’s case.
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[Last June, the Los Angeles Times reported how the ranking member on the defense appropriations subcommittee has a brother, Robert Murtha, whose lobbying firm represents 10 companies that received more than $20 million from last year's defense spending bill. "Clients of the lobbying firm KSA Consulting -- whose top officials also include former congressional aide Carmen V. Scialabba, who worked for Rep. Murtha as a congressional aide for 27 years -- received a total of $20.8 million from the bill," the L.A. Times reported.
In early 2004, according to Roll Call, Mr. Murtha "reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco." Laurence Pelosi, nephew of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at the time was an executive of the company which owned the rights to the land. The same article also reported how Mr. Murtha has been behind millions of dollars worth of earmarks in defense appropriations bills that went to companies owned by the children of fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski.
Meanwhile, the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan campaign - finance watchdog group, lists Mr. Murtha as the top recipient of defense industry dollars in the current 2006 election cycle.]
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